442 Myr. E. A. Smith on two new Species of Shells. 
reasons. It is larger than any specimen of that species which 
has come under my observation, and of a pear-like shape (in 
which respect it resembles C. miliaris or C. Cumingit), it has 
more than the average number (about nineteen) of teeth on 
the labrum, and the white spots are smaller and not so clearly 
defined as in C. cribraria. The fawn-colour is paler than in 
most specimens of the latter (perhaps the result of bleaching), 
and on the right side towards the labrum it is somewhat 
deeper in tone. This darker tint (possibly an individual 
peculiarity) commences where the white margination ceases, 
and extends upwards between the white spots in the form of 
irregular streaks, and thus does not terminate in a defined 
line. An almost invariable character of C. cribraria is the 
circularity and clear definition of the white spots, which, too, 
are very frequently margined with a dark ring. Many spe- 
cimens (I believe, even the majority) of that species in 
addition exhibit a few minute brown dots just above or on the 
white lateral ridge. On the contrary, in C. fallax the white 
spots appear to blend into the fawn-colour, and no indication 
of minute dotting is traceable. The locality (West Australia) 
may also be slight evidence in favour of its specific distinct- 
ness; for, as far as I can ascertain, C. crabrarza is not known 
from that region. 
Conus clarus. 
Testa abbreviato-turbinata, dilute rosacea, basim versus oblique 
sulcata; spira breviter conica, apice acuto, lateribus leviter con- 
cayis ; anfractus 8-9, plani, declives, parum gradati, striis tenui- 
bus circiter 7 spiraliter sculpti; anfr. ultimus superne ad 
angulum subacute carinatus, infra carinam vix convexus, lateri- 
bus fere rectilinearibus; apertura angusta, pallide rosacea ; 
labrum vix arcuatum, sinu superiore inconspicuo. Longit. 27 
mill., lat. max. 14. 
Hab. West Australia. 
This species possesses no very striking features by which 
it may be recognized. The uniformity of its colour (a very 
pale pink, or white with a blush of pink), the sharpness and 
carination of the angle of the body-whorl, and the fine stria- 
tion of the spire are the principal characters. Only a single 
specimen was received by Mr. G. _B. Sowerby, from whom it 
was purchased for the Museum, together with the Cyprea 
just described, which is likewise unique at present. 
The only species at all resembling C. clarus is C. cyano- 
stoma, A. Adams. The figure of the latter (Sowerby’s 
Thesaurus Conch. pl. cc. fig. 304) will serve as a guide to 
the form of this species, which, however, is a trifle narrower. 
